Changes with the times

The answer

ADAPTS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAPTS answer page.

Used 17 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• EVOLVES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADAPTS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADAPTS, most used first.

• Conforms - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Goes with the flow - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Makes suitable - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Gets used (to) - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Makes fit - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Modifies - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Adjusts to fit - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Makes adjustments - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Changes to fit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Copes with change - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Makes a screenplay out of - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Rolls with the punches - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
• Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
• On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
• On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
• With hands on hips - AKIMBO, used 69 times
• Changes - ALTERS, used 65 times

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